... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Family-owned business Business sustainability Factors Succession planning Successor Transition Sub-Saharan African family businesses represent a significant proportion of businesses in the African landscape. They contribute significantly...

...Michele N. Medina-Craven; Emily Garrigues Marett; Sara E. Davis Purpose This conceptual paper explores how the activation of the individual-level trait grit can explain variance in successor willingness to take over leadership of the family firm. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from trait...

...Lil Rodriguez Serna; Dilupa Nakandala; Dorothea Bowyer Purpose Successors' unwillingness to participate in the family business is known to impede intergenerational succession. However, little is known about why those considered eligible, do not choose to become the next chief executive officer...